SMC Networks SMC2582W-B DHCP Server 3.4.2.1. Basic, Static DHCP Mappings, Static DHCP mappings

Models: SMC2582W-B

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3.4.2.DHCP Server

3.4.2.DHCP Server

3.4.2.1.Basic

Fig. 34. Basic DHCP server settings.

The SMC2582W-B can automatically assign IP addresses to client computers by DHCP. In this section of the management page, you can specify the Default gateway, Subnet mask, Primary DNS server, and Secondary DNS server settings that will be sent to a client at its request. Additionally, you can specify the first IP address that will be assigned to the clients and the number of allocatable IP addresses.

NOTE: There should be only one DHCP server on the LAN; otherwise, DHCP would not work properly. If there is already a DHCP server on the LAN, disable the DHCP server functionality of the SMC2582W-B.

NOTE: By default the DHCP server function is disabled.

3.4.2.2. Static DHCP Mappings

Fig. 35. Static DHCP mappings.

IP addresses of servers are often static so that clients could always locate the servers by the static IP addresses. By Static DHCP Mappings, you can ensure that a host will get the same IP address when it requests one from the DHCP server.Therefore, instead of configuring the IP address of an intranet server manually, you can configure the server to obtain an IP address by DHCP and it is

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SMC Networks SMC2582W-B DHCP Server 3.4.2.1. Basic, Static DHCP Mappings, Basic DHCP server settings, Static DHCP mappings